Cashew-pistachio Baklava

A Community Recipe by Dinesh

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Tempted by buried memories of eating conventional Baklava, I had to duplicate it in raw version to satisfy my desires and after looking at Baklava pictures online, I came to this combination! The measurements are approximate, but the concept is to roll the date-pistachio mixture inside cashew-agave sheets.

Ingredients

Recipe Directions

Cashew cover sheets:

Add soaked cashews, rose water, agave nectar and pinch of salt into the food processor and process until fine paste. Take out the mixture into a bowl, thicken it by adding almond flour (from your almond milk extracts, dehydrated and powdered) to a pastry dough consistency.

Filling:

Pulverize hulled cardamoms in a coffee grinder to powder. Process pistachios in a food processor for few seconds or to ensure each nut is split into 4-8 pieces. Keep some handful of pistachio nuts away and process them to fine granular consistency, which will be used to apply a coating on top of rolled Baklavas. Homogenize dates in the food processor, mix it with cardamom powder and pistachio pieces to form a mixture.

Making shapes:

Make think sheets out of the dough. The method I used was by placing a wax sheet on a flat surface, small handful of dough on top of it covering it with transparent plastic sheet and then rolling it using a dough roller to make the thin sheet. Using a blunt knife cut off the edges and make the dough sheet square or rectangle. Apply the date-pista mixture on top of the sheet as a thin layer. From one edge, roll the sheet along with date mixture to form a spiral cylinder. Apply a thin coating of pistachio powder on the surface of the rolled cylinder. Using a sharp knife cut the rolled shape into 2-3 pieces. Repeat the process until dough and filling are exhausted. Dehydrate the pieces for about 3 hours.

Dinesh's Thoughts

Tempted by buried memories of eating conventional Baklava, I had to duplicate it in raw version to satisfy my desires and after looking at Baklava pictures online, I came to this combination! The measurements are approximate, but the concept is to roll the date-pistachio mixture inside cashew-agave sheets.

This information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. I encourage you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with like-minded, qualified health care professional(s). I wish you success on your raw journey!

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